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I think they are called blotters - you know, that half sircle piece for ink drying . It moves like that and the sewers need ( cleaning )

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what about a ballpoint pen?

back and forth

back and forth

back and forth i go

(the ball rolls along the paper)

but I'll keep still

quite a long time

if you truly wish it so

(put the pen down, it stops)

the sewer's need

is what I need

so I can properly flow

(sewers are gravity-fed, like ballpoint pens)

back and forth

back and forth

back and forth I go

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sounds like my husband's lament over his life-sucking job :)
Have not got my glasses on. That's sucking - right

Does he work on a farm - sewing seed, seasonal work and the rest of time at home I guess

or

Something to do with sewing equipment, seeds or cloth

A needle, thread

or a swiveling piece of equipment on a seeding machine - not familiar with farm machines

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what about a ballpoint pen?

back and forth

back and forth

back and forth i go

(the ball rolls along the paper)

but I'll keep still

quite a long time

if you truly wish it so

(put the pen down, it stops)

the sewer's need

is what I need

so I can properly flow

(sewers are gravity-fed, like ballpoint pens)

back and forth

back and forth

back and forth I go

This is very agreeable. I second this.

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Have not got my glasses on. That's sucking - right

Does he work on a farm - sewing seed, seasonal work and the rest of time at home I guess

or

Something to do with sewing equipment, seeds or cloth

A needle, thread

or a swiveling piece of equipment on a seeding machine - not familiar with farm machines

Gotta love the ambiguity of sewer and flow in this one :D It looks like you're trying to get in the ballpark before answering, so I'll just say: you're in a nearby ballpark ;)

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OK, if it's sewer as in the drains, not sewer as in needle and thread... I'll guess..
A toilet cistern float.

Careful now, I never stated which meanings they represent for this particular riddle. That's about the only hint I can think of so I've been saving it. I like your answer, but I don't see how it fits with the stanza you mentioned.

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Well, my first thought was an old-fashioned metronome, with the needle that goes back and forth until you stop it....but if you take sewer in it's non-person-who-sews meaning, then I'm stumped for a while longer...

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Well, my first thought was an old-fashioned metronome, with the needle that goes back and forth until you stop it....but if you take sewer in it's non-person-who-sews meaning, then I'm stumped for a while longer...

This is a good answer, similar to others. It falls a little short just like them though:

metronome, scale, seismograph, polygraph, record player, etc...

All of these objects are great guesses and do indeed have needles (not that that is a necessity for the answer) but they fall short with for the phrase "back and forth"

These objects do not go back and forth. A part of them (the needle part) goes back and forth yes, but a "record player" or a "metronome" does not go back and forth (for any typical use)

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Could you be referring to the 3rd definition of the word sewer?

I know most people are unaware of it and I can't imagine how that would work but it's out there. :D

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lol, no one is forcing you to be here... a post like this is really unnecessary.

a bow as used to play a violin.. goes back and forth and needs a string as would a sewer in away

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a bow as used to play a violin.. goes back and forth and needs a string as would a sewer in away

Wow, that's a great guess!

a violin's bow (or cello, or bass, or fiddle...)

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